This is a Central sector scheme for providing holistic and integrated services to women in difficult circumstances such as destitute widows, women prisoners released from jail and without family support, women survivors of natural disasters; trafficked women/girls rescued from brothels or other places or victims of sexual crime, mentally challenged women who are without any support etc. The package of services made available include provision for food, clothing, shelter, health care, counselling and legal support, social and economic rehabilitation through education, awareness generation , skill upgradation.

The scheme is implemented through voluntary organisations including Department of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare, Boards, State Women's Development Corporation, urban bodies etc., provided they have the required experience and expertise in the rehabilitation of such women. The scheme also supports counselling centre, training centre and medical centre.

From 2016-17 the Swadhar centre and short stay home merged and named as “Swadhar Gruha” . The scheme is implemented through voluntary organizational with sharing pattern 60:40 by central : state Government. During 2016-17 the grants are released to 46 swadhar centres in the State.